Background
Anderson, Martha Fort was born on June 22, 1885 in Macon, Georgia, United States. Daughter of John Porter and Tallulah Hay (Ellis) Fort.
Anderson, Martha Fort was born on June 22, 1885 in Macon, Georgia, United States. Daughter of John Porter and Tallulah Hay (Ellis) Fort.
Sister of Tomlinson Fort and John Porter Fort. Educated Lucy Cobb Seminary (Athens, Georgia), Piedmont College (Demorest, Georgia). Studied art, Boston Museum, 1910-1914, Academie Colarossi, Paris, 1914-1915, Art Students League, New York, 1915-1916.
Chief of Canteen Service, South.E. Division of Red Cross, Atlanta, Georgia., 1918-1919. Founder, 1919, Fine Arts Department, University of Alabama, and director until 1923, now co-director extension division of same department Works: Doctor Eugene Smith, University of Alabama Doctor Semmes, Saint Paul’s Protestant Episcopal Church, Richmond, Virginia.
Judge West. Doctorate. Ellis, Fulton County Court House, Atlanta.
Bishop H. J. Mikel Saint Phillips Pro-Cathedral, Atlanta. Brigade General J. C. Persons, First National Bank, Birmingham.
Etc., also mural frieze (with husband). Lakeview Library, Birmingham.
Member American Association Women Painters and Sculptors, Birmingham Artist
Married Frank Hartley Anderson, October 6, 1923. Children: Martha Fort, Frances Hartley.